McCain turns tables and grills (for) reporters

So the Arizona senator took some time off from the campaign trail over the weekend to relax at his “cabin” in the northern part of the state, and he invited the traveling press corps over for a couple hours to evaluate his cooking skills.

Pity the vegetarian, but the meat eaters in the group — the vast majority — were impressed.

[...] “So how did they taste? Objectivity prohibits a good reporter from passing judgement, but let’s put it this way: [...]

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Mar 4, 2008

10:04 am UTC

I can’t believe it. There’s quit a movement, if not a real revolution, going on in this country and the media ignore it. Have you ever even heard of Ron Paul, his ideas and principals?
You do not need to vote for him if you do not like him, but as an international news agency you HAVE to mention him. Even the fact that he has not given up yet is worth to be mentioned!

People want a fair election and a fair race. Ignoring someone who stands up for the peoples rights is NOT what I call fair.

Yes, I can see we will get real objective journalism from Reuters when it comes to Senator McCain.

He is not your fishing buddy, he is not your pal; he is a candidate for President of the United States of America. How is he going to turn our economy around? How is he going to respond to the millions of Americans who lack health care? How is he going to lead (not just pacify) on global warming?

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Jeff Mason covers the White House for Reuters. He was the lead correspondent for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign and has been posted in Washington since 2008, when he covered the historic race between Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, traveling with all three candidates. Jeff has also been posted in Frankfurt, Germany, where he covered the airline industry and Brussels, Belgium, where he covered climate change and the European Union. He has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, BBC, and NPR. Jeff is a graduate of Northwestern University and a former Fulbright scholar.